Dear John,

ICYMI, Maeve Wallace appeared on A Health Podyssey to discuss her recent paper that explores the association between states' abortion restrictions and higher intimate partner homicide rates.

Extended Paid Maternity Leave in Hong Kong

In the May issue of Health Affairs, Ellie Andres of Duke-NUS and her team of coauthors explore the mental health implications of Hong Kong’s extension of statutory paid maternity leave from ten weeks to fourteen weeks.

The researchers find that the maternity leave extension was associated with improved maternal mental health outcomes.

Among other findings they estimate a 50 percent reduction in the odds of mothers reporting that their emotional well-being caused more than “some” interference with baby care during the first two months postpartum.

Andres and coauthors also find reductions in mothers experiencing postnatal depressive symptoms.

More on Maternal Health

• PEPFAR Programs Linked To More Deliveries In Health Facilities By African Women Who Are Not Infected with HIV by Margaret E. Kruk et al.
• Chipping Away At Health: More On The Relationship Between Income And Child Health by Janet Currie and Wanchuan Lin
• Health Affairs This Week: The Fight to Expand Postpartum Medicaid — And Why It Matters

FTC Voted to Ban Noncompetes. Will It Actually Happen? w/ Rebecca Pifer

Health Affairs' Jeff Byers interviews Healthcare Dive's Rebecca Pifer to discuss the FTC's move to ban noncompete agreements.

Abortion Jurisprudence: The Supreme Court’s Use Of Scientific And Medical Evidence

Shweta Kumar et al.

Right To Counsel In Eviction Cases: A Public Health Imperative

Aashna Lal